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Church Well - Thornton in Craven In the summer of 2006, Canon Nicholas Turner kindly sent this photograph and some details regarding the recently restored Church Well at St Mary's church, Thornton in Craven. The original octagonal well house (with its latin inscription) was apparently built in 1754 by a previous rector at the church. The structure must have been showing its age in recent years so when it was proposed to restore the Holy Well, the project attracted enthusiastic support from local people. This lead to a lottery grant to carry out the work on the well house, and to provide the curving path for wheelchair access, plus the paved area around the well and the low wall/seating area. The whole project proved very popular with the local community, including children at the village school, and it is great to see that even in this day and age, a small holy well can provide a focus for community activity. Well done Thornton in Craven! Further research may reveal more history or some folklore connected with the well, but it seems likely that the water from the well would have been used for baptisms in the church, and at an earlier date the well may also have been dedicated to St Mary/Our Lady.It would be interesting to have a translation of the latin inscription, any Latin Scholars out there?
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